Crossword Sleuth Mugs

A crossword grid seen out of a window.

"What's a nine-letter word for biotechnology?"

'They might look sexy and seductive but all I want to do is the crossword.'

Crossword Dictionary Bookstore

'Scientists say that crosswords activate brain...'

"First they came for the horoscope and the crossword and I did nothing. Then they came for the cartoonists and there was no-one left to satirise it."

In an unprecedented occurrence, Noah Webster fails his vocabulary test.

"What did you think of the encryption article?"

Suddenly Paul realised that HE had been the odd one out all along.

"Very few people are aware that the 'New York Times' Sunday crossword puzzle is contagious."

'Whatever, crosswords are stupid.'

Mystery Writing 101 - Mailbox: The butler did it, the gardener, the chauffeur.

'You seem very confident this morning.'

"It's a puzzle to me"

Coffee Time Crossword

'Bad dog, stop doing the crossword.'

Baby Crossword Puzzle.

"A three letter word. . . all powerful colloquially known as 'the man upstairs'."

'Caroline goes to her crossword compiling class on Thursdays.'

'Hey, boss, what's a 7 letter work starting with 'w' that represents what I should be doing rather than solving crossword puzzles?'

Answers to last week's brain-teasers

"Nice job, but there in the middle, I think you spelled Akhenaten wrong."

"Any clues?"

Man reading a book in the library. Notices a man next to him reading all book about spying.

Crossword bathroom tiles.

Cryptologists Anonymous

"This can't be soup....where are all the little letters that usually float in it?"

"The thing with Sudoku is I can never find the right words to fit."

"It's got my current Wordle winning streak on it."

'Grog would never be able to finish a cross pictograph without his thesaurus.'

'Sorry, I can't help you: I'm very good at mazes, but not crosswords...'

'Don't disturb your father for an hour he's busy doing the Five minute crossword.'

Edwina momentarily considered sarcasm. . .